“Chained and Not Chained” by: Pastor Fred Snider

“This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s Word is not chained.” 2 Timothy 2:9

Paul’s gospel is two words. Those two words cannot be chained. You can lock Paul up put him in chains, beat him, take away his rights as a Roman citizen, make him suffer, isolate him, treat him like a common criminal, but you cannot chain his two word gospel. It is the same today as it was then. You can attack the Word of God, make fun of Believers, ridicule or mock the church, prosecute pastors for hate speech, and even outlaw being a Christian, but you cannot stop the two word gospel. What are those two words you ask? What words will every knee bow to eventually, what two words are the Alpha and Omega, the hope of all creation? Plain and simple, the two words are Jesus Christ. The Name above all names. The very Son of the Living God. Yes, Jesus Christ, those two words, that person, that Word that became flesh cannot be chained and cannot be stopped. Nothing can stop who He is, what He is and why He came. That is why we need to speak His Name. We must talk to Him and follow Him and spread His Name throughout the whole world. His name is Jesus Christ and long after Paul was done preaching and locked up and put to death because he spoke His Name, we are still talking about His Name today.

Whatever else you do or don’t do in your life, respond to that Name. Accept or reject Him, but deal with Him. His name cannot be stopped. He is the gospel. He is calling your name today. Answer. Now or later. The only way out of your chains is through Him. Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, and Coming King. How about you? What do you say to those two words?

In Him,
Pastor Fred

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